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Re: Pronunciation
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lugnet.znap
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Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:08:40 GMT
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In lugnet.znap, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> Personally, I do try to adopt Danish pronunciations. Anyone correct me if
> I'm wrong. (Especially a Dane if you're tuning in) But this is my
> understanding.
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> The Danish pronunciation is NOT with an American "Zee". I would suggest
> you think of it as spelled "TSNAP" or "SNAP".
That's how I pronounce it; but I'm not Dane so it doesn't mean anything ;-)
> skAH-lah
> pahruh-DEEs-uh
Well - this is definitely the way I pronounce these two. Is this new to other
people?
> LAY-goh
Oh! In the "LEGO island" game, I recall that the opening scene had someone
who kept chanting "lay, lay, lay-goh. Lay-lay-lay, lay lego"... :-)
-Shiri
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| (...) I've heard tell.. that a lego rep pronouced it skAY-la... so i've been saying it that way, though skAH-lah was easier to pronouce. (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| Personally, I do try to adopt Danish pronunciations. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong. (Especially a Dane if you're tuning in) But this is my understanding. The Danish pronunciation is NOT with an American "Zee". I would suggest you think of it as (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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